Decreasing medical complications for total knee arthroplasty: Effect of Critical Pathways on Outcomes

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Husni, M Elaine ^a   Losina, Elena ^b,c   Fossel, Anne H ^c   Solomon, Daniel H ^c   Mahomed, Nizar N ^d   Katz, Jeffrey N ^c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PATHWAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; UNITED STATES; WOUND INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955533374     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-160     Document Type: Article

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